The existing drainage facilities are in need of improvements due to a lack of curb and gutter along much of the project. Several roads intersect the highway at undesirable angles. Pedestrian facilities are not continuous throughout the project limits and many of the older facilities lack design features expected under the current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The lack of ADA features and the absence of continuous sidewalks could be challenging for pedestrians to travel between Main Street and Hot Springs Road at the south end of Greenville.

The project proposes to enhance pedestrian and vehicle safety by constructing bulb-outs and other safety features to help slow traffic through the community, provide crosswalks and bring the pedestrian facilities to current ADA standards. Furthermore, the project will upgrade drainage to current standards and provide continuous curb, gutter and sidewalks from Hot Springs Road to Mill Street. This will allow easier pedestrian movement, as well as direct water from the roadway to the new drainage facilities. Some alternatives propose constructing decorative lighting and landscaping as part of streetscape improvements.

Project Cost -Approximately $4.9 million Funding Source - STlP (State Transportation Improvement Plan)

Metal Beam Guardrail

This project will install new, or upgrading the existing metal beam guardrailing at 95 locations along State Route 70 in Plumas county within the Feather River canyon (from the Butte county line to 0.2 miles west of Spanish Creek Bridge). The $8,000,000 project should start construction in August of 2012 and achieve completion during the 2013 construction season.

Middle Fork Feather River Bridge

Bridge scour repair on State Route 89 in Plumas County near Graeagle from 0.4 miles north of the Middle fork Bridge. Project awarded August 2011 with contruction to begin 2012.

Chester Pavement Restoration

The Chester Pavement Restoration project will begin in late July 2012 with actual construction beginning in August 2012. The $3 million restoration on State Route 36 will take place from the overflow drainage canal, west of Chester to the causeway across Lake Almanor on the east side of Chester. The completion date is approximately October 2012.